How to Install and Uninstall autotools-dev Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: March 17,2025

You can also install and uninstall the autotools-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "autotools-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install autotools-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "autotools-dev" package

Learn how to uninstall autotools-dev on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                autotools-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the autotools-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: autotools-dev
Architecture: all
Version: 20220109.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 134
Breaks: autoconf (<< 2.70~)
Replaces: autoconf (<< 2.70~)
Enhances: cdbs, debhelper
Filename: pool/main/a/autotools-dev/autotools-dev_20220109.1_all.deb
Size: 44886
MD5sum: 554dc72dc46c7ebd3caf852031a94fe8
SHA1: 2899e7c9989ee14a2be5a5a431a49498e1494084
SHA256: d909f0327b09d9a9136239caca975df89782fa28efd721c4eb4caea422d3fc5a
SHA512: b3add366e8549028f8de8c1c21796ff1ed8831e3432dedac73e795e021bcd23fb0c4e5fcbaf6f512b21b2f5d1c747bc7bccad1719a3255988ff2d7f5ce81f3d4
Homepage: https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/config/
Description: Update infrastructure for config.{guess,sub} files
Description-md5: 32ffa2f2f5e89ec7409d0b4d9086ce91